Let's make this birthday one to remember.

81 years old (Born on July 26, 1943)

Happy Birthday to Peter Hyams, the director who made watching Jean-Claude Van Damme do splits through time seem utterly plausible! With classics like "Timecop" and "Sudden Death," you've always kept our hearts pounding faster than a hockey match where Van Damme saves grown-up hostages while in goalie gear. And let's not forget your visionary leap into space with the gritty cult favorite "Outland"—making Sean Connery solving crimes on Jupiter’s moons look effortlessly cool.

While most people dream of filming iconic action heroes bending logic and physics, you actually turned it into cinematic gold. Here's wishing you many more birthdays filled with sudden thrills—and plenty of timeless fun!